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October 17th
217 Notable deaths
Ivan Fedyuninsky
Soviet general (1900–1977).
Born July 30th, 1900 in Tyumen.
Died October 17th, 1977 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Gérard Leman
Belgian general (1851–1920).
Born January 8th, 1851 in Liège.
Died October 17th, 1920 at 69 years old in Liège.
Duke Elimar of Oldenburg
German duke (1844–1895).
Born January 23rd, 1844 in Oldenburg.
Died October 17th, 1895 at 51 years old in Erlau.
Stefan Starzyński
Polish politician (1893–1943).
Born August 19th, 1893 in Warsaw.
Died October 17th, 1943 at 50 years old in Warsaw (gunshot wound).
Dmitry Kholodov
Russian journalist (1967-1994).
Born June 21st, 1967 in Sergiyev Posad.
Died October 17th, 1994 at 27 years old in Moscow.
Monir Morad
Egyptian actor and musician (1922–1981).
Born January 13th, 1922 in Cairo.
Died October 17th, 1981 at 59 years old in Cairo.
Bernd Meinunger
German songwriter (1944–2025).
Born September 30th, 1944 in Meiningen.
Died October 17th, 2025 at 81 years old in Grünwald. [ref]
Malak Hifni Nasif
Egyptian feminist (1886–1918).
Born December 25th, 1886 in Al-Jamāliyah.
Died October 17th, 1918 at 31 years old in Cairo (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Micheline Ostermeyer
French athlete and piano concertist (1922–2001).
Born December 23rd, 1922 in Rang-du-Fliers.
Died October 17th, 2001 at 78 years old in Bois-Guillaume.
Anton Hafner
German world war ii fighter pilot (1918–1944).
Born June 2nd, 1918 in Erbach.
Died October 17th, 1944 at 26 years old in Gusev.
Nikolay Slavyanov
Russian inventor (1854-1897).
Born May 5th, 1854 in Nikolskoye.
Died October 17th, 1897 at 43 years old in Perm.
Wilhelm Jordan
German geodesist (1842-1899).
Born March 1st, 1842 in Ellwangen. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1899 at 57 years old in Hanover. [ref]
Göran Malmqvist
Swedish linguist and sinologist, member of the swedish academy (1924-2019).
Born June 6th, 1924 in Jönköping.
Died October 17th, 2019 at 95 years old in Djursholm. [ref]
Aleksander Michałowski
Polish musician (1851–1938).
Born May 17th, 1851 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Died October 17th, 1938 at 87 years old in Warsaw.
Arthur M. Hyde
American politician (1877-1947).
Born July 12th, 1877 in Princeton.
Died October 17th, 1947 at 70 years old in New York City.
Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai
Afghan politician (1944–2021).
Born March 30th, 1944 in Kabul Province.
Died October 17th, 2021 at 77 years old [ref]
Ralph Benatzky
Czech austrian composer.
Born June 5th, 1887 in Moravské Budějovice. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1957 at 70 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Berthold Goldschmidt
German composer (1903-1996).
Born January 18th, 1903 in Hamburg.
Died October 17th, 1996 at 93 years old in London.
Frank Morley
British mathematician (1860–1937).
Born September 9th, 1860 in Woodbridge.
Died October 17th, 1937 at 77 years old in Baltimore.
Mark Krein
Soviet mathematician (1907-1989).
Born April 28th, 1908 in Ivankiv.
Died October 17th, 1989 at 81 years old in Odesa.
Ingvar Lidholm
Swedish composer (1921-2017).
Born February 24th, 1921 in Jönköping.
Died October 17th, 2017 at 96 years old in Salem. [ref]
Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov
Russian admiral (1806-1854).
Born February 13th, 1806 in Staritsky District.
Died October 17th, 1854 at 48 years old in Sevastopol.
Pierre Bernac
French singer (1899-1979).
Born January 12th, 1899 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 17th, 1979 at 80 years old in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. [ref]
Gino Pivatelli
Italian footballer and manager.
Born March 27th, 1933 in Sanguinetto.
Died October 17th, 2025 at 92 years old in Bologna. [ref]
Boris Papandopulo
Croatian composer (1906–1991).
Born February 25th, 1906 in Bad Honnef.
Died October 17th, 1991 at 85 years old in Zagreb.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde